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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:30:58 -0400
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
Comments: To: W Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM>
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You know, that applies for ANY VW camper purchase and ongoing maintenance and repair costs. It ain't cheap. Dave Mc

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:50 PM, W Monk wrote:

> I would have to guess is after spending all that big money on a Go > Westy > rebuild they > camp rain or shine so they can get their money's worth out of it.... > > B > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > >> Guess I'm confused... I thought the question was whether people with >> the >> GoWesty engine liked camping in the rain? >> >> Cya, >> Robert >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >> Behalf Of >> John Meeks >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:16 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it? >> >> So, how DO you damp campers like your GoWesty engine ;-) >> John Meeks >> '91 Multivan >> Northern Michigan >> >> Vanagon Rescue Squad >> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm >> >> Radio Call:KC8ZFN >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >> >>> I have never noticed that my camper smells like smoke after >>> campfires, >>> even when the weather is wet. Partly that may be due to >>> accommodation, >>> but I would think that if I have the fire, drive home, park the van >>> for >>> a couple of days, it is rainy, and I open the door, if the smell was >>> there, I'd get it. Maybe I am just insensitive to that smell, but >>> my >>> clothes do retain it, and when I wash them several days after the >>> fire, >>> I can smell it on them as I put them in the washer. >>> >>> Dave Mc >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>> >>> Arranging 8 kids and 2 dogs and a fire under/in a Shady Boy and a >>> van >>>> musta took some doing. Did the van smell like smoke the rest of the >>>> year? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >>>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, >>>> Calif.) >>>> Bend, OR >>>> KG6RCR >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/12/2009 5:30 PM Peter T. Owsianowski wrote: >>>> >>>> Once in the Mannistee Nat'l Forest - 2nd day of two-tracking, it >>>>> began to >>>>> rain shorty after breakfast. 4 adults, 4 kids, 2 dogs. We sat >>>>> under >>>>> the >>>>> Shadyboy in a soft rain (most of the day. Had a nice little fire >>>>> that kept >>>>> going in the rain, smoke going the other way. Had a nice Monopoly >>>>> game, >>>>> beers, lunch. Kids played cards in the bus, parents sat out under >>>>> the >>>>> awning. Have not been able to repeat that as our kids moved into >>>>> the >>>>> teenage years, the rain made it really difficult to keep them >>>>> interested. >>>>> >>>>> Pete >>>>> '79 Westy "Aardvark" >>>>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van" >>>>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Jake de Villiers >>>>> >>>> >>


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